Sleep paralysis & nightmares

[Flameswroth]

-snipski-

I manage to trigger sleep paralysis by lying still on my bed, on my back of course and I'd just stare at the window. After a while it just happens, I occasionally trigger it unintentionally when I am too lazy to get out of my bed.

Yeah, that's what I've heard in the past, too. The whole idea was that you keep your mind awake, but ensure your body remains perfectly still so it falls asleep. Supposedly at length you'll feel the urge to kick your legs or something, but if you resist it that goes away.

From what I read about true sleep paralysis being a result of the body's attempt to prevent movement during REM sleep, though, I wonder if it's truly the same thing. It's one thing for your mind to wake up from REM sleep and leave your body in it...but it's another to lay still and have your body enter REM sleep alone...

[Acadzia]

I (think) I once had it in my right arm. No nightmares, but I woke up and my arm was basically numb. I thought someone else's arm was in my bed with me, it didn't feel like my own arm when I touched it. Then I realized, "OH SHIT, THAT'S MY ARM!" Almost started to cry. But then the feeling came back.

I can't imagine it being your whole body, or having a nightmare with it.

[Ordo Mallus]

j00 is gonna DIE. lol jk, atleast it wasnt a fat guy lol

[Mutant Lobster People]

i dreamed an old lady broke into my house and offered me ice cream and scared the shit out of me. I grabbed a lamp and was going to hit her with it but then i started moving in REALLY slow motion. I have a vague memory of her attacking me or something. i guess i woke up after that because i cant remember anything else. I know it doesnt sound that scary and sounds almost humorous but it was really fucking scary

for the record, i wouldnt really hit an old lady with a lamp if she didnt attack me first

[Coffin-Breathe]

-snipski-

I manage to trigger sleep paralysis by lying still on my bed, on my back of course and I'd just stare at the window. After a while it just happens, I occasionally trigger it unintentionally when I am too lazy to get out of my bed.

I´d rather call this auto-suggestion then sleep-paralysis. I can do the same, when letting my thoughts fading away intentionally, but that´s no paralysis at all, that´s just to let my brain relax, as intentionally muscle-action is switched off conciously.

[Melkor Unchained]

Never had that, luckily. I don't have lucid dreams anymore either. =/

My brother claims to have lucid dreams as often as two or three times a week, for which I am intensely jealous.

I had one once.. it wasn't *ahem* a wet dream, but I found myself confronted with a situation (involving a girl I liked) I knew could not possibly arise in real life. I thought "this can't be right, I'm clearly dreaming" and subsequently discovered I had complete control over not only myself, but the environment around me. I don't remember the details that followed, but I'm pretty sure I scooped up the girl, conjured myself a lightsaber, and jumped out of the nearest window and into a F-15 cockpit.

Good times.

[Mutant Lobster People]

I (think) I once had it in my right arm. No nightmares, but I woke up and my arm was basically numb. I thought someone else's arm was in my bed with me, it didn't feel like my own arm when I touched it. Then I realized, "OH SHIT, THAT'S MY ARM!" Almost started to cry. But then the feeling came back.

I can't imagine it being your whole body, or having a nightmare with it.

something like that happened to me when i was 6-8 years old. I had a flesh colored plush scorpion that had limbs similar to fingers and i slept with it. I woke up at one time with my head facing the scorpion and i thought it was my hand and that my hand had mutated. I got scared bolted up grabbed my "hand" and realized it was the scorpion

[Alexlantis]

I (think) I once had it in my right arm. No nightmares, but I woke up and my arm was basically numb. I thought someone else's arm was in my bed with me, it didn't feel like my own arm when I touched it. Then I realized, "OH SHIT, THAT'S MY ARM!" Almost started to cry. But then the feeling came back.

I can't imagine it being your whole body, or having a nightmare with it.

something like that happened to me when i was 6-8 years old. I had a flesh colored plush scorpion that had limbs similar to fingers and i slept with it. I woke up at one time with my head facing the scorpion and i thought it was my hand and that my hand had mutated. I got scared bolted up grabbed my "hand" and realized it was the scorpion

Well, that explains your nation's name. Sort of.

[Piliotechnostracy]

Hey when the buzzing and exploding sound starts and you feel like you must move or your going to die, just let it go! Let it go! You'll fall out of your body and then can float around anywhere you want. Its pretty tight. Try next time. You just have to get past the fear...

[Mutant Lobster People]

I (think) I once had it in my right arm. No nightmares, but I woke up and my arm was basically numb. I thought someone else's arm was in my bed with me, it didn't feel like my own arm when I touched it. Then I realized, "OH SHIT, THAT'S MY ARM!" Almost started to cry. But then the feeling came back.

I can't imagine it being your whole body, or having a nightmare with it.

something like that happened to me when i was 6-8 years old. I had a flesh colored plush scorpion that had limbs similar to fingers and i slept with it. I woke up at one time with my head facing the scorpion and i thought it was my hand and that my hand had mutated. I got scared bolted up grabbed my "hand" and realized it was the scorpion

Well, that explains your nation's name. Sort of.

I think i used the word "mutated" subconsciously because of my nation.

[Bottle]

You know that dream where you're late for class and then it turns out there's an exam but you realize you've never even BEEN to the class before and you haven't the slightest idea what you're going to do?

Yeah, you'll still be having that dream for years after you graduate.

[Blob-land]

Lol it triggered sleep paralysis. It lasted bout 4 minutes, for that time i was laughing due to my success.

[2nd PLT]

Never had that, luckily. I don't have lucid dreams anymore either. =/

My brother claims to have lucid dreams as often as two or three times a week, for which I am intensely jealous.

I had one once.. it wasn't *ahem* a wet dream, but I found myself confronted with a situation (involving a girl I liked) I knew could not possibly arise in real life. I thought "this can't be right, I'm clearly dreaming" and subsequently discovered I had complete control over not only myself, but the environment around me. I don't remember the details that followed, but I'm pretty sure I scooped up the girl, conjured myself a lightsaber, and jumped out of the nearest window and into a F-15 cockpit.

Good times.

Huh. That's funny, because in all the times in which I was aware I was dreaming, (Which for a while was every other dream) the only thing it granted me was freedom from consequences.

Which I learned in later dreams was also false.

Things I did (Good or bad) were remembered bye the people in later dreams, and they reacted accordingly.
My subconscious is too weird.

[Arumdaum]

I've heard of it, but dont recall ever having it.

If you ever do, it's not enjoyable.

I'm sorry if I made it get to you.

[Arumdaum]

I've had it so many times I am used to it now...happens to me like once or twice every year, not sure why I have it so frequently but I guess it's because I have a very irregular sleep pattern.

Have you ever experienced the Old Hag syndrome?

I have no idea what that is so I guess no.

It's where you have sleep paralysis and an Old woman enters your room and sits on your chest. Apparently it's really common.

Fortunately I didn't experience that but a man with no face.

I get a freakish monster looking thing with horns.

Lucky bitches.

jkjk

But it is freaky. I bet the old hag would be freakier. Anyways, it's just staring at me from above, and it's fucking creepy...

[Astralsideria]

@ Glorious Freedonia: Seeing as you said you like dream-interpreting, have you got any clue what an image of a wolf in a red shirt and blue chinos popping into my head just as I'm about to fall asleep mean? It's a proper, normal wolf, except that it's clothed and it's on it's hind legs. Perfectly calm, as well, it is. Thanks.

[Unity Horde]

I am attempting to induce sleep paralysis.

[JuNii]

Never had that, luckily. I don't have lucid dreams anymore either. =/

My brother claims to have lucid dreams as often as two or three times a week, for which I am intensely jealous.

I had one once.. it wasn't *ahem* a wet dream, but I found myself confronted with a situation (involving a girl I liked) I knew could not possibly arise in real life. I thought "this can't be right, I'm clearly dreaming" and subsequently discovered I had complete control over not only myself, but the environment around me. I don't remember the details that followed, but I'm pretty sure I scooped up the girl, conjured myself a lightsaber, and jumped out of the nearest window and into a F-15 cockpit.

Good times.

wait... were you wearing a tuxedo when you jumped out of that window?

[Israslovakahzerbajan]

Dreaming about big headed, large eyed creatures abducting you and taking you to an unknown enviornment where they preform psudeo-medical experiments...

And not in the fun way...

In a serious manner...If you suffer from REM then wet yourself, the episodes are easy to escape.

[The Scandinvans]

Never had that, luckily. I don't have lucid dreams anymore either. =/

My brother claims to have lucid dreams as often as two or three times a week, for which I am intensely jealous.

I had one once.. it wasn't *ahem* a wet dream, but I found myself confronted with a situation (involving a girl I liked) I knew could not possibly arise in real life. I thought "this can't be right, I'm clearly dreaming" and subsequently discovered I had complete control over not only myself, but the environment around me. I don't remember the details that followed, but I'm pretty sure I scooped up the girl, conjured myself a lightsaber, and jumped out of the nearest window and into a F-15 cockpit.

Good times.

I do not dream. I act.